“I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.” SometimesMy OwnLevelsActingAttentionLuckyFaults Author:Sienna Miller
“Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.” PeopleIfsHardHandsFilmCertainLevelsHard WorkLuckyGloryStandingInjusticeRecognitionOscarsMixturesStanding There Author:Walter Murch
“One Tree Hill was my very first television audition; it was a fairytale. I feel really lucky to have that level of success right out of the gate.” FeelsFirstsLevelsTreeTelevisionLuckyHillsGatesAuditionsFairytaleTree Hill Author:Hilarie Burton
“I always resist seeing my own personal motivation in my work, but I guess it must be there on some level. And I do feel very much that my life follows the kinds of things I talk about in my books. I've always thought of myself as an insanely lucky person, so perhaps the success of my first two books led me to want to examine this phenomenon on some unconscious level.” WantFeelsFirstsKindPersonsTwoBookMotivationMy OwnLevelsSeeingLuckyUnconsciousPhenomenonPersonal MotivationLucky Person Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I'm very lucky to be at this level and it is very hard to catch up. It is all about holding on and it is very important to learn from the other drivers. I tend to put a lot of pressure on myself, wanting to be very good very quickly, which forces me to up my game.” ImportantHardGamesForceLevelsLuckyPressureVery GoodDriversHolding On Author:Liz Halliday
“I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level.” PeopleFirstsLevelsTalkingCreativePositionCallingLuckyDirectorsScriptsLists Author:Christian Bale
“Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky, as actors, that the crew of directors that we've gotten to work with are totally really super high-end filmmakers. But, Bill Condon had a vision and it was so specific. He's really passionate. I think he's taken the story to another level.” ThinkingKindEndsStoriesActorsLevelsVisionTakenSeriousLuckyDirectorsBillsPassionateFilmmakerCrewSo Lucky Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With 'E.R.,' we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.” PeopleWayWritingTryingMomentsStoriesWould BeTogetherEnjoyLevelsActingRolesInvolvedLuckyCombinationEntertainingRight WayEnjoying The Moment Author:Anthony Edwards
“On a micro level, if we're not terribly lucky, this sort of thing can happen to us quite frequently - the political becoming the personal in dramatic and irreparable ways. I remember the first time I went out into the desert, passing by all these mine fields and getting the history on them from my guide and realizing all these murderous mechanisms were real, were just sitting out there waiting for a victim, and some of them had been for sixty, seventy, eighty years.” IfsWayYearsFirstsRealHappensRememberPoliticalWaitingRealizingLevelsFieldsMinesBecomingLuckySittingFirst TimeVictimGuidesPassingPassingsDesertDramaticMechanismSixtySeventiesEightyIrreparablePassing By Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“The continent is incredibly exciting. When I first went there, it consumed me, and I instantly felt like I wanted to be engaged one way or the other, whether on a philanthropic level or business. I'm lucky to say today that I do both. In terms of African Wildlife Foundation, I started working with them roughly around 2009, on the ambassador level. Then I joined the board and was exposed to deeper issues that the Foundation was combating on the continent.” WayFirstsTodayWantedFeltTermLevelsIssuesLuckyExcitingFoundationDeeperOne WayBoardsEngagedExposedContinentsConsumedWildlifeAmbassadorsPhilanthropic Author:Veronika Varekova
“People who get lucky, also tend to be really great looking, which is luck on some level, but it is also just the fact of the matter.” PeopleMatterFactsLevelsLuckyLuckReally Great Author:Chris Gethard
“I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing.” WholeSongFunLevelsBehindsLuckyBandMusicianBiggerAddOrchestraSymphonySymphony OrchestrasTalented Musicians Author:Olivia Newton-John
“Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is kind of either bad community musicals, or if you are lucky enough to be cast in something serious. I feel like you really have to be going after it, and for me I am a little bit distracted.” IfsFeelsKindLittlesEnoughOpportunityFunBitsEnjoyCommunityLevelsActingSeriousLike YouLuckyLittle BitCastsDistracted Author:Thomston
“I think this is so important - what's not done well at education at every level - is helping kids find, as I discovered for myself, what I was good at. I was very lucky to find out that at an early age, which set my direction in life.” ThinkingWellsImportantDoneHelpingKidsAgeLevelsLucky Author:Charles Koch
“Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.” FeelsNextTermLevelsCareersTakenNeededLuckyDirectorsRight TimeNext Level Author:Daniel Radcliffe